Okay, it was only a ickle query letter, and the return I got was a standard, form letter, three chapters, synopsis, CV, etc...(which I will worry about later as I haven't had anything published, ever)...but I got my very first request for a partial today!!! I'm nearly out of credit on my mobile so I can't text everyone to let them know so I'm bouncing around the internet with excitement!!!

:TheWave: :TheWave:

azbikergirl

10-31-2005, 06:51 PM

OMG! How exciting! You must keep us posted :)

Congrats!
:banana:

Vanessa

10-31-2005, 09:39 PM

:Sun:That is wonderful news.
Congratulations and here's wishing you the best.

September skies

10-31-2005, 10:09 PM

Hooray for you! Can you see my big smile??? I get so excited hearing these reports.
This calls for a ten-banana dance!

Well I still have to type out a synopsis - lucky for me I went over the first three chapters to make them just perfect. While I'm waiting on a reply I can work on the other thirty-odd and of course I'll be NaNo-ing my socks off.

Any ideas what I can do about the CV, though? I've never had anything published before, so what do I do about that, and also the submissions history? I've sent chapters to plenty other agents, but not in this form (they've been tweaked and improved). What do I say?

I'm not sure what you SHOULD do but what you COULD do is to say 'as I have no prior publications, instead of an empty CV I thought I might send my fact-sheet and bio' then basically do the name, schooling, organisational memberships in fact-sheet style and then put a one/two paragraph bio.

Or you could contact the agency (not the agent, but the main switchboard/receptionist) and ask 'apart from publication history and organisational memberships, what else does GEF agency expect to see in a writer's CV?'

scarletpeaches

11-01-2005, 04:28 AM

Even that seems a bit difficult. I honestly can't think what to put. Not having a family or a very exciting work history, you see...I don't suppose anyone has any samples I could read? Or any links to the kind of thing I could use as a template/example?

Susie

11-01-2005, 04:34 AM

That's wonderful news, much good luck with it!

Alphabet

11-01-2005, 05:29 AM

Ummm...

ScarletPeaches always wanted to be surrounded by a loving family the closest of whom would be her husband, four amazing children each saving the world in different ways, two cocker spaniels and a cheshire cat - all this while enjoying a high-flying career as a ............., having graduated with honours from ............. and ............. . She wishes that she lived in .............. and could be found lingering over a latte or strolling the nearby sands of ........ beach. All this not least because it would look great on a book-bio, but in reality Scarlet lives alone in a bedsit in bognor regis and watches telly when not stacking shelves at the local supermarket.